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adobephotoshop.exe

SuperCool Applications

The installer utilizes the installCore download manager which may bundle additional offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application adobephotoshop.exe by SuperCool Applications has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The program is a setup application that uses the installCore installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.photoshop-4u.com.
Publisher:
SuperCool Applications  (signed and verified)

MD5:
15cd406a2c96c3b6e57a263e4572ce94

SHA-1:
dac3c58ee139854db12c95e405183b6ef4f34d58

SHA-256:
741db4a1e3a8d4b475f8150551b06d07ac68f194911d4b37b0f5e1c20e18b7ce

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Note:
Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

Description:
This is also known as bundleware, or downloadware, which is an downloader designed to simply deliver ad-supported offers in the setup routine of an otherwise legitimate software.

Analysis date:
4/19/2024 2:00:40 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.installCore.SuperCoo (M)
16.3.25.7

File size:
791.4 KB (810,360 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\adobephotoshop.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
SuperCool Applications

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
8/14/2013 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
8/15/2014 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=SuperCool Applications, O=SuperCool Applications, STREET=63 Ronthscheld Blvd., L=Tel Aviv, S=Israel, PostalCode=65785, C=IL

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
7239B70290995A99967AE1DE581942C0

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 6:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:8nvRWvF6pr3KNwsmZbsgX5V27En9etOLNZIYqKN1:8v0ojcwNZsM5VrkWr

Entry address:
0x9C40

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, C4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, 86, 94, FF, FF, E8, 8D, A6, FF, FF, E8, 1C, A9, FF, FF, E8, 53, C9, FF, FF, E8, 9A, C9, FF, FF, E8, C9, F2, FF, FF, E8, 30, F4, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, FC, A2, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, C5, A2, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, C0, 40, 00, E8, 96, FE, FF, FF, E8, C9, FA, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, 83, CF, FF, FF, 8B, 55, F0, B8, 24, CE, 40, 00, E8, 32, 95, FF, FF, 6A, 02, 6A, 00, 6A, 01, 8B, 0D, 24, CE...
 
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Entropy:
7.8753

Packer / compiler:
Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

The file adobephotoshop.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://www.photoshop-4u.com/?dl=1&meta=crPJ2rWzIrWwUdREUdWjUzWPDrFthXtjcmVP2rldDX0mIT1zvm2yIKiWvmREhKVuvmNjhVVTvmNBDz1l QDjhTnmDZ0wvmNpDZ1fAjAdAjcdNZcRvmt3hXtGDXl3 3vCfSDt2Z1Y K507dP0eXslfSDt j1YcrRP7dVtDKF0fSDj2Z1Y2r5yDdV0fSDu2Z1YIKDZ dF0DKF0OCxWedlmLdVPcmNoOlxWvmV4cHaWed5jDKlCfSDPcZ1Y7Kxw 3Np2rlJ E0mDH7Wedxl2mljDX0mvm5EIKiWXzaFNzcFNjM3NznR

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